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The Philadelphia 2030 District: Measuring Transportation Emissions Now and in the Future A Quantitative and Qualitative Review
Abstract
This MP primarily focuses on the challenges surrounding measurement of Philadelphia’s
2030 District transportation emissions. While in the past, policy makers have primarily
focused on electric power generation and industry to limit the growth of GHG emissions,
transportation emissions today account for 27 percent of U.S. GHG emissions (EPA,
2015). Transportation is also now the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions, and
there are 1/3 more vehicles on the road than there were in 1990 (Sorrel, 2016). Transportation
infrastructure lasts decades, and the decisions surrounding urban development comes
not just from national, but local and city governments. This is where cities, in
partnership with businesses and other stakeholders, can play a substantial role in
limiting the growth of these emissions, both now and in the future.
This project has three focuses:
1. A Quantitative Review. I developed a transportation GHG emissions baseline for
the Philadelphia 2030 District.
2. Qualitative: I designed a survey to track transportation emissions moving forward
for the District.
3. Comparative: I researched the five Districts already measuring their transportation
GHG emissions.
Type
Master's projectDepartment
The Sanford School of Public PolicyPermalink
https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16771Citation
Reinheimer, Sarah (2018). The Philadelphia 2030 District: Measuring Transportation Emissions Now and in the
Future A Quantitative and Qualitative Review. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16771.More Info
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